New games this week: Tony Hawk's Proving Ground edition

For now though, the day is yours Mr. Hawk. ... For now.
Gallery: Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Xbox 360:
- Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
- Beautiful Katamari
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles Expansion
- Avatar: The Burning Earth
- ?????
- Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition
- ?????
- Rockstar Games Table Tennis
- Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
- Mercury Meltdown: Revolution
- Backyard Football
- Avatar: The Burning Earth
- Victorious Boxer
- Legend of Spro: Eternal Night
- Ultimate Duck Hunting
- ?????
- Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
- Backyard Football 2008
- Honda SBk-07 Superbike
- Avatar: The Burning Earth
- Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey
- Spider-man 3
- Crash of the Titans
- Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness OSG
- SWAT: Target Liberty
- Flash Focus
- Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Trading Card Game
- The Bee Game
- Fish Tycoon
- Hannah Montana: Music Jam
- Power Rangers Super Legends
- Prism: Light the Way
- Disney Princess: Magical Jewels
- Avatar: The Burning Earth
- Wild Petz: Dolphinz
- Fury
- Switchball
- Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East Expansion Pack
- You Are Empty
- Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals
- Company of Heroes Game of the Year Edition
- Fritz Chess 10
- Gothic Universe
- The Guild 2 Gold Edition
- Dawn of Magic
- 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures
- Death to Spies
- Sega Rally Revo










Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
JodyAnthony @ Oct 15th 2007 8:23AM
think i'll put flash focus on my gamefly queue, give it a shot
JodyAnthony @ Oct 15th 2007 8:25AM
Also Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos. I love that game, one of the best for the NES
Night Elve @ Oct 15th 2007 8:24AM
Alright!
That Oblivion Game of the Year Edition needs to be mine! Sadly I will not have money to buy it until next week T_T
Evan @ Oct 15th 2007 8:33AM
I hate it when the same game appears on everything from the 360 to the DS. The DS version will be nothing like the 360 version. Sometimes the DS version isn't even made by the same company as the console version. And if it's not the same game, it shouldn't have the same name.
Zachary Hinchliffe @ Oct 15th 2007 8:38AM
this week should have been given to Beautiful Katamari.
Justin McElroy @ Oct 15th 2007 8:42AM
Well, I'm sure we've given it to any other Katamari game at some point, so, in a way, Beautiful Katamari has already gotten that honor.
...
See, because they're all the same.
joevill @ Oct 15th 2007 9:00AM
I'm with you!
DaiMac79 @ Oct 15th 2007 10:08AM
Yeah, after seeing Kotaku give Beautiful Katamari the post headline, I was a bit shocked to Joystiq focusing on Tony Hawk...you think all Katamari games are the same, but somehow Yet Another Tony Hawk game is worthy of singling out? Baffling.
Nigeria @ Oct 15th 2007 8:38AM
Fish Tycoon = Game of the Year material.
sheppy2.0 @ Oct 15th 2007 8:41AM
I was kinda hoping for something better to take advantage of the Buy 2, get 1 free this week at Toys R Us. Oh well, looks like I'm going back to my previous list of Duck Amuck, Sonic Rush Adventure, and Jeanne D'Arc.
Also, Bleach for DS is fun as allllllll hell. God I love Treasure.
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 15th 2007 8:53AM
Today is still the Toys r Us promotion? I want to buy Trauma Center DS, Trauma Center Wii and Kirby for free on the DS for my wife jeje.
sheppy2.0 @ Oct 15th 2007 1:11PM
It's a WEEKLY ad. Thus the Saturday will be the last day of the sale.
colin @ Oct 15th 2007 4:12PM
orange box, eternal sonata, and another orange box ... (sell 1 orange box on ebay)
sheppy2.0 @ Oct 15th 2007 8:49AM
Normally I would say "Why? It's the same as it ever was?"
But they highlighted the hawkman so my point is moot.
sheppy2.0 @ Oct 15th 2007 8:50AM
Gah, reply must die! That was meant for Zachary!
Jose El Maton @ Oct 15th 2007 8:51AM
How the hell didn't Disgaea not get the Featured Game this week? Is it because it's on a handheld?
unfriendly_cat @ Oct 15th 2007 11:56AM
It DID in fact not get the Featured Game this week. Sorry to be nitpicking, but us cat pictures on the internet have a bad enough reputation for grammar as it is. Also, yay Disgaea.
Jose El Maton @ Oct 15th 2007 6:33PM
Yeah, I screwed that up.
Also... Yay, kitty!
dsub @ Oct 15th 2007 8:52AM
Proving Ground sucks. If anyone buys this game over Skate, they should have their right to play games revoked. After playing Skate for the past three weeks and then going back to Tony Hawk and playing the Proving Ground demo, it was an unbearable experience. First off all, graphically it looked like I was playing an XBOX game. Second of all, you are instantly reminded of how much better the gameplay in Skate is.
Buckshot @ Oct 15th 2007 9:02AM
The controls on skate suck, whereas the Tony Hawk controls are still just like Dreamcast. Tony Hawk ftw!
dsub @ Oct 15th 2007 9:07AM
the controls in skate are amazing. You must not be coordinated enough to figure them out.
That's fine I guess. There will always be Tony Hawk for the people that have more fun defying gravity by gaining speed while moving uphill, or defying the laws of friction by gaining speed when grinding on a rail. Gotta love those double back flips that you can do from flat ground in Tony Hawk. Ugh.
I was a huge Tony Hawk fan...until I played Skate.
Norm @ Oct 15th 2007 10:34AM
yeah I think everyone who has played the proving ground demo will realize that its probably the worst tony hawk game yet. The weird gravity, the terrible dialogue, and "grab transfers". WTF is a grab transfer? Is that some crap that rodney mullen and bob burnquist concocted on their own time? what a bunch of goofballs.
The fact that it came out after Skate. only makes it worse.
DemonGSides @ Oct 15th 2007 11:43AM
Some people don't always want tons of realism in their games.
You know, video games, an escapist design meant to allow us to get away from our normal lives for a few minutes of fantasy where we get to be someone else?
Oh, wait. Sorry. Elitists. My bad.
sheppy2.0 @ Oct 15th 2007 1:14PM
demonGSides has a point. Gran Turismo, Forza, PGR tend to bore the hell out of me. But Ridge Racer and Burnout I can play forever.
dsub @ Oct 15th 2007 3:45PM
demonGSides-
When you can bring proof that a realistic day in your life includes doing a 720 Mute Grab over a Mega Ramp in the X Games, or a 180 Inward Heelflip to FS Crooked Grind down a handrail, then I will take your comment seriously. Skate is still a 100% escape from reality for all of us. Only it's a much much better one than Tony Hawk. It's not even it's realism that makes it great compared to Tony Hawk, it's just better all around.
um..wow @ Oct 15th 2007 8:55AM
"Well, I'm sure we've given it to any other Katamari game at some point, so, in a way, Beautiful Katamari has already gotten that honor.
...
See, because they're all the same."
And the Tony hawk Games Aren't?
Colin @ Oct 15th 2007 9:10AM
Hey Tony...where is my PSP version?
James @ Oct 15th 2007 10:35AM
stuck on the LOADING bay.
colin @ Oct 15th 2007 4:14PM
1. you aren't me
2. @ James, ZING!!!
megaStryke @ Oct 15th 2007 9:27AM
Isn't anyone else excited that Ultimate Duck Hunting is finally out? It's not just plain-ol' vanilla duck hunting, it's ULTIMATE duck hunting!
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 15th 2007 9:53AM
Holy crap on a stick! Is Mercury Meltdown finally out? That game's been delayed, like, 40 times for no apparent reason.
Guilty Gear for me. Probably pick up Dewy's Adventure finally at Toy's R Us, too and get something else for free.
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 15th 2007 10:05AM
Quick question: Toys r Us do the price match thing? I want to boy Trauma Center Wii and DS version and get a free game, but in Gamestop Trauma Center Wii is at $29.99 and in Toys r US is at $49.99.
Or can I buy buy the game at Toys r Us at 49.99, pick my others two games, and then, return the 49.99 game?
Sean @ Oct 15th 2007 10:27AM
You Are Empty sounds interesting...
Sean @ Oct 15th 2007 10:28AM
I mean, the name of the game is interesting. I have no idea what it's actually about.
Edog Lost @ Oct 15th 2007 12:28PM
It's about doing long impossible tricks that make no sense. Trying to keep their audience happy with new graphics and a different balance meter. no thanks!
ShortFuse @ Oct 15th 2007 10:34AM
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground... aka the game that comes free with the Guitar Hero III Demo
blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 15th 2007 10:48AM
if you have a guitar
but jeez, gh3 comes out in another week, save your money and wait
and if you want a skateboard game, get skate. it's awesome
ShortFuse @ Oct 15th 2007 10:52AM
That was my point. The game will probably be so lame the only good thing about is the Guitar Hero III demo. I have skate and gotten all the single player achievements (except for some reason it never wants to credit me 5G for Rocket Air no matter how many times I do it)
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 15th 2007 11:10AM
Tony hawk :/
I only played Project 8 and I didn't like it a bit,it was like a mindless button masher so no thanks but I'm interested in Avatar.
Nah I'm sill playing Halo 3 those 3 last achievements are near to impossible without cheating,I almost got steppin razor but I was a second too late of the last guy and I just got Legend of Zelda:Phantom Hourglass
Also I haven't played the Orange box since gameplanet sucks.
DemonGSides @ Oct 15th 2007 11:44AM
Orange Box Ftw people.
Seriously.
Edog Lost @ Oct 15th 2007 12:26PM
It's so good,
Portal. GOTY.
WiNG @ Oct 15th 2007 1:51PM
Orange Box will be GOTY, period. Hell all of the games in it deserve to be GOTY on their own merit.
Edog Lost @ Oct 15th 2007 12:25PM
It's going to be difficult for this game. Skate was a great experience and came out during a period where a game of it's stature could survive on the market. I have too many "AAA" titles to play in the upcoming months.
I have NO desire to play this game, and I LOVE (Loved) Tony Hawk Games. They jumped the shark with the Undergound series, and their hardcore audience is never coming back.
Lemmiwinks @ Oct 15th 2007 12:28PM
Is it just me, or has Mercury Meltdown been on the new release list for a few weeks now?
Pawsaldo @ Oct 15th 2007 1:06PM
I remember it was a skill to get over a 100,000 points in one combo on Tony Hawks 1, but now the game gets silly and is too easy :(
Need to try out skate properly :o
E.J. @ Oct 15th 2007 1:24PM
Xbox Live Arcade:
Every Extend Extra Extreme
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
Knoxximus @ Oct 15th 2007 2:41PM
Disgea OSG? The game is coming out this week or is that the soundtrack or something?
atomicwaist @ Oct 15th 2007 3:16PM
When did Joystiq start announcing PSP Official Strategy Guide (OSG) releases? I didn't know they were throwing start guides on UMDS now...that could be useful somehow I guess...
Drew DeGruyter @ Oct 15th 2007 5:39PM
This should be Beautiful Katamari week, not tony hawk week. Tony hawk games lost their soul around pro skater 4, and Activision worked so hard to perfect the tony hawk games, then got destroyed by the first skateboarding game EA made.
jwach26 @ Oct 15th 2007 8:07PM
Xbox 360 corrections: Avatar is still 2 weeks away, but Thrillville: Off the rails is this week.